SCHEUCHZERIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scheuchzeriaceae mean? 

• SCHEUCHZERIACEAE (noun)
  The noun SCHEUCHZERIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales

  Familiarity information: SCHEUCHZERIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHEUCHZERIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arrow-grass family; family Juncaginaceae; family Scheuchzeriaceae; Juncaginaceae; Scheuchzeriaceae

Hypernyms ("Scheuchzeriaceae" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Scheuchzeriaceae"):

genus Triglochin; Triglochin (perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass)

Holonyms ("Scheuchzeriaceae" is a member of...):

Alismales; Naiadales; order Alismales; order Naiadales (an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants)